The Recall Starts NOW

Though of course, that doesn’t mean Suttle will necessarily be kicked out of office.

There is a little matter of 30K signatures.And then an election.

Interesting political times, nonetheless.

The OWH framed the matter today with an interesting point by Douglas County Election Commissioner Dave Phipps: Back when people were getting signatures for Mike Boyle’s recall, they were able to approach people right outside of the polling places.

Now, they have to be back 200 feet, where the political signs are. In other words, at many locales, voters will have to make an effort to go to the signers, as opposed to them being on the way. And if the weather sucks that day, it’s even more of an effort.

**UPDATE**We have been informed that in the 1986-87 Boyle recall, signature gatherers DID have to stand back by the yard signs and were NOT able to stand “right outside the polling place”, as stated by Phipps.

The "Forward Omaha" people have an ad on the radio. It starts out with an unidentified female voice saying something like "I don't agree with what Mayor Suttle is doing but…". Their website is even worse with some major creative writing in listing Mayor Moron's major accomplishments including "reduced the 2011 lease cost of the Mayor's vehicle to $1". I like where they keep pushing it will cost $900k to get rid of him. If Mayor Moron is so concerned about taxpayer's money, when the more than 27,000 petition signatures are validated, he can resign at no cost to taxpayers. So can his whole team, again saving taxpayers lots of money.

I'm not a big fan of recalls… I think generally, voters deserve what they get. but hey, let's see if it even goes anywhere. don't they need something like 1000 signatures a day for the first 30 days? ay caramba…

anyway, my big question is- if and when jim suttle is removed from office- what happens next? who replaces him? is that better or worse than what we have now?

I see that the haldaub.com website is still up (properly saved, of course with today's date–in case McFailureson–or is it mcpherson– the not so objective conservative trys to take it down). But, noooo, he has nothing to do with the recall….oh, nobody's buying that. In case you want the math, it was May, 2009 that he last lost the race for mayor. Talk about being a sore loser. 17 months.

Of course it was a "conscience" effort to make Suttle look bad. The OWH says they support him because they don't want to piss him off before they are sure the recall effort will succeed. Suttle is their "frenemy," if you will. Ask your daughters what that means 🙂

Though I do not oppose the recall effort, I would like to point out that if it is successful, anyone that denies this is an effort to re-elect Hal Daub will be exposed as the liar and/or moron that we already know them to be.

I am one that understands that the world does not work in black or white, but rather shades of gray. That being said…the solution to all of this is that the Recallers should strike a deal with the mayor where the recall efforts would cease if Suttle pledges that we will not run for another term.

Someone must be worried if they are running a campaign to keep em! If there was no fear then they would just let the effort try to collect the signatures. But nope instead they will push the issue and bring even more attention to it. GREAT PR there!

I think it would be interesting if the Douglas County Republican Party would call for meetings and just happen to have the petition available. Why I bet they could get a bunch of signatures in Siegerson's old district alone!

Anon at 1:48, why in the world would you suggest that? I did as you requested and found it to be a colossal waste of time. It's a snarky blog with 3 total entries that hasn't been updated in more than two years.

The sad part is that some anonymous fool, clearly obsessed with RWP, went to the effort to set up a blog attacking a single person with whom she disagrees politically. Sadder still that you thought it was worth even mentioning. Can I suggest that you grow up a bit?

When the ship's captain is drunk at the wheel, you remove him without worrying about the cost. Suttle has shown he's unfit for the job, he's done damage while in the position, and could do further damage if not removed. There may be a cost involved in getting rid of him, but a greater cost in allowing him to stay. And, as with most Americans, I prefer action to inaction. This recall is about taking the bull by the horns and doing something that needs to be done even though doing nothing might be cheaper and easier.

Other than those few of us that spend our free time reading and commenting on blogs, most Omahans really could care less about this whole recall thing. Some of them remember what it cost to replace Boyle in 1987 and, probably for that reason, too few got excited about the attempt to recall Fahey. They aren't going to be excited about this one either.

The republicans love recalls. It is called sour grapes over losing. You wait the impeachment papers are ready to go to press if the Republicans take control of the Congress. They don't care how they win. Remember Florida 2000?

I received something in the mail today from the Nebr Democratic Party about Lee Terry. I hadn't planned on sending Terry a check because according to most Terry has this race already won. But that mailer was just awful. So I sent Terry a check. It made me mad.We don't need that kind of thing in Nebraska.

I think Democrats and Tom White make a long range mistake by taking a road this low. I mean, if White has something worth running on, they'd have mentioned that, right? So I guess White is a pus bucket of some sort.

The Nebraska Democratic party has not a clue how to build or keep its base. They take what by all rights could and should be shining stars and use them as slot fillers. They have no stable from which to draw and stay stuck in the good ole days of Bob Kerrey or Ben Nelson before he was outed.

Rather than to educate someone who has made an error in reporting campaign contributions they send some old washed up party player out to ridicule in public by scolding or scorning seemingly to pave the way for her own place on the ticket. They don't just eat their young, they do it with a sense of self righteous satisfaction as if Mother Teresa just graced us with her saintliness.

There is this branch of the Nebraska Democratic party called Victory 2010 who can't see their way to the simple courtesy of returning a phone call and/or email when there is an outreach to help one of its candidates in a hotly contested race that needs all the help he can get. They blow people off like a cheap plate of beans. So much for the theory of victory.

I don't doubt they send out negative advertisements because in their retro world that's how they feel they can win.

Tom White missed the boat by ripping and shredding his opponent before letting us see his strengths. Likewise, Terry never made the case for what he did all those 12 years that should make me stand up and clap.

White defined Terry and Terry defined White. Neither told us the story of why they are leaders and should have our hearts and minds as voters.

Anon 5:52 wrote: "You wait the impeachment papers are ready to go to press if the Republicans take control of the Congress."

Doubtful…why bother? The Republicans are smart enough to know that this wave of anti-Democrat sentiment can be used to accomplish a lot more than to kick a guy out of office who will be out of there in 2 years anyway! And speaking of impeachment, wasn't it the Democrats who were demanding that Bush and Cheney be impeached? Sour grapes aren't reserved for just one political party…you're own post reeks of sour grapes lingering from the 2000 election.

Back in the day I recall some guys who had had a vasectomy would wear little lapel pins that were the "Male" symbol with a little piece cut out of the circle. I guess it was to let any interested female of the species know that they were shooting blanks, hence were OK for a quickie or two.

The fad died quickly when a few enterprising fellows figured out that they didn't need to actually have the vas performed – just buy the pin.

Congratulations on turning Omaha into the Banana Republic. This is why voters tune out on politics, people with money purchasing government, plain and simple. Hal Daub is such a chode-smoker, you lost, get over it. Even leaders from your own party supported Vokal.

Does anyone else think the Forward Omaha logo looks like a Big "O" getting screwed? I'd think they wouldn't want to attract attention to that (And SS, I agree – it IS an awfully nice website for a lil' undergwad to cwank out aww by hewsewf).

So, it is manly women that you like? I hear that Sarah can nail a running wolf from a swooping helicopter with her 30-06 and can castrate a moose with nothing but her teeth. Even John Wayne couldn't do that!

You are mistaken about Mello. The truth is that no one is leading the Nebraska Democratic Party these days. Covalt, Rogers, even Ben Nelson have all lost their grip on the reins. Maybe that's a good thing.

– The police union contract Suttle negotiated represents the first time in Omaha's history that a public sector union agreed to a contract that provided lesser benefits than the contract it replaced.

– Admitted that Aspen's company does business with the absentee landlords who are financially backing the recall because they don't like the aggressive code enforcement Suttle has undertaken at OHA. Caller also got Aspen to admit that the recall committee had never previously disclosed this financial relationship between Aspen's company and the absentee landlords.

– Admitted that the recall committee is trying to "take back" what they could not win fairly in May 2009.

Devastating.

Too bad there were probably only about 50 people listening to the program.

I heard the call and it was a great call. Not emotional, simply the facts well stated. I think more than 50 people were listening and the caller did the best job to date of making clear points against the recall where others have failed miserably.